You are talking about snow kiting right? I've heard of people snow kiting on that. Should be fun especially with any East element in the wind (rare enough).

I hope you aren't talking about actual kiteboarding though. Super sketchy, illegal, and just flat dangerous in these conditions. My biggest qualm (besides being possibly arrested and having the sport banned again) is how small the rescue area is. You really can't go far out since the possibility of having a beach in an emergency gets really thin...and it's not like you have "only rocks" to deal with you have 6 foot high break walls and a harbor there. So yeah, just stick to snow/land kiting....now we just need some snow.

Northerly Island gets really gusty on anything North, South & West... not to mention the island is not wide enough to really tack in any direction except North/South. So this leaves an nice Easterly being the perfect direct... the only direction??? However, as Adrien mentioned... Easts are extremely rare.

Today: Snow, mainly after 9am. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 23. Calm wind becoming southeast between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 18. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast.

Saturday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 19. Southeast wind between 10 and 15 mph.

A little more wind and hopefully a lot of snow and we could have that east wind session tomorrow afternoon.... anyone else thinking about joining me?

Bryce

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I've windsurfed Northerly Island last year, and to add to the sketchiness to the place, there is a submerged break wall about 100 yards from the launch, not a place for kiting for sure... But I would love to try snowkiting there, so I'll try to join you... at what time are you thinking about going there?

Ok... maybe Easts aren't EXTREMELY rare. Looks like it's predicted to come down a lot Sat when it turns east. But I wonder if that will actually be the case there on the lakefront. I'm gonna hit the snowboarding hills Sat but I'd be interested in a report from the ones goin' for it! Sun may be too South... and warm... and rainy. But if there is still snow cover, I may try to find a field somewhere if it's gonna be South.

Did you snowkite with a snowboard and if so how was it? I heard there are boards designed for the snow, but I 'm not interested in buying one since favorable conditions for snowkiting seem to be rare in this area. I do have a snowboard I could use though.Dave

sailfish wrote:Did you snowkite with a snowboard and if so how was it? I heard there are boards designed for the snow, but I 'm not interested in buying one since favorable conditions for snowkiting seem to be rare in this area. I do have a snowboard I could use though.Dave